Unit 3 What makes a great team?

Developing ideas:

一、选出与画线部分发音不同的单词（每小题1分，共3分）

(       )1. earthquake

[A] quarter

[B] quiet

[C]mosquito

(       )2. queen

[A] quality

[B] cute

[C] question

(       )3. quickly

[A] require

[B] quite

[C]cucumber

二、根据音标写单词或根据画线字母写音标（每小题1分，共6分）

1. /'kæptɪn/__________

2. /kwɪk/__________

3. /vəʊt/__________

4. queen__________
5. quarter__________
6. quiet__________

三、根据句意及音标或汉语注释完成单词（每小题1分，共5分）

1. Last summer, the children went__________ (露营) and had a wonderful time.
2. Please use this__________  /teɪp/ to tie up the books on the floor.
3. She does__________  (志愿的) work at the local hospital every weekend.
4. Team_________ is the key to winning the game.
5. The new student is too __________ （羞怯的） to speak in front of the whole class.

四、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空（每小题1分，共5分）

1. Let’s stop talking and turn our plans into__________ (act).
2. The movie was so sad that I was__________ (complete) silent after it ended.
3. She answered the teacher’s question with__________ (confident).
4. Good __________(teammate) should support each other.
5. My mother __________(advise) me to wear a coat because it was cold outside.

五、语法填空（每小题1分，共10分）

Once, a team of four young people — Shankar, Liam, Anya, and Sam — decided to enter a robotics competition. They had to build a robot that could navigate (正确处理) a complex course. At first, they were excited, but soon they faced their first big problem. Their 1. ______ (thought) were all different, and they couldn’t agree on a design. The atmosphere (气氛) in their workshop became much2.____( bad) than they had expected.

Shankar wanted a walking robot, 3. ______ Liam stuck to a wheeled one. They argued for hours, making no progress. One afternoon, while Shankar and Liam 4. ______ (have) another disagreement, Anya and Sam started a new design together. They were so focused 5. ______ they didn’t notice the time passing.

6. ________ (final), Anya showed everyone a combined design. It was creative and Shankar and

Liam immediately stopped arguing. They all began 7. ________ (cooperate) and shared the work. Luckily, with everyone’s efforts, the robot 8. ________ (finish) on time.

During the final round, their robot’s main sensor failed. For a moment, they were shocked. However, instead 9. ________ worrying, they quickly shared ideas and solved the problem together, winning 10. ________ (two) place.

From their story we can learn that listening to your teammates is the key to success. True power comes from teamwork.

六、阅读理解（每小题2分，共8分）

Once upon a time, an elephant and a monkey had a heated conversation.

The elephant thought he was the best animal in the forest because he was so strong.

“See how big and strong I am!” he said. “Can you pull a tree down?”

The monkey believed he was the best because he was so quick. “See how fast I can run and climb!” he said. “Can you climb a tree? Can you hang by your tail from a branch?”

At last they went to a clever old owl (猫头鹰).

“We cannot agree,” they said. “Could you tell us which is better, being strong or being quick?”

The owl said to them, “Do just as I told you so that I may find out which of you is greater. Do you see that tall fruit tree across the river? Go and pick the fruit and bring it to me.”

So they went to the river but the water ran so quickly that the monkey was afraid.

“Get on my back,” said the elephant proudly, “I am big and strong. I am not afraid to swim across a running river.”

So the monkey got on the elephant’s back and they soon got across the river.

They went on until they came to the tree. It was so tall that the fruit hung high above them.

The elephant tried to break the tree down but it was too strong. He tried to reach the fruit with his long nose but it was too high.

“Wait a minute,” said the monkey proudly, “I can climb.” He ran quickly up the tree and threw down the fruit.